Maria Cecilia Adelaide Bass

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Maria Cecilia Adelaide Bass
Photo of Maria Cecilia Adelaide Bass.jpg
Born(1897-09-07)7 September 1897
Perosa Argentina, Turin, Italy
Died11 September 1948(1948-09-11) (aged 51)
Basel, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Other namesMaria Cecilia von Salis-Bass
Known forPainting,
Spouse(s)Ado von Salis

Maria Cecilia Adelaide Bass (1897–1948) was an Italian-born Swiss artist.[1]

Biography[]

Bass was born on 7 September 1897 in the Perosa Argentina region of Turin, Italy.[2] She attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva and the Académie Ranson in Paris. In 1927 she married Ado von Salis, who she later divorced. Through the 1920s and 1930s Bass traveled throughout Europe. She settled in Switzerland in 1936, first to take care of her mother and then to become involved in the design of the Engadin Schweizerische Schulwandbildwerk, and founding the Celerina division of the Bündner Heimatwerk.[3] Bass died of cancer on 11 September 1948 in Basel, Switzerland.[4][2] Her work is in the Kunstmuseum Bern, the Bündner Kunstmuseum, and the Bundesamt für Kultur.[3]

Gallery[]

  • Mittagsstunde auf der Alp 1947

  • Kerze mit Becher

  • Schnee 1936

References[]

  1. ^ "Maria Bass". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Bass, Maria (Swiss painter and graphic artist, 1897-1948)". ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Stutzer, Beat. "Bass, Maria Cecilia Adelaide". - SIKART Lexikon zur Kunst in der Schweiz. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Maria Cecilia Adelaide Bass Basel, Tamins". Portrait Archiv ZGF. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
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